SB 11.28.22
Devanāgarī
अविद्यमानोऽप्यवभासते यो वैकारिको राजससर्ग एष: । ब्रह्म स्वयंज्योतिरतो विभाति ब्रह्मेन्द्रियार्थात्मविकारचित्रम् ॥ २२ ॥
Text
avidyamāno ’py avabhāsate yo vaikāriko rājasa-sarga eṣaḥ brahma svayaṁ jyotir ato vibhāti brahmendriyārthātma-vikāra-citram
Synonyms
avidyamānaḥ—actually not existing;api—although;avabhāsate—appears;yaḥ—which;vaikārikaḥ—manifestation of transformations;rājasa—of the mode of passion;sargaḥ—the creation;eṣaḥ—this;brahma—the Absolute Truth (on the other hand);svayam—established in Himself;jyotiḥ—luminous;ataḥ—therefore;vibhāti—becomes manifest;brahma—the Absolute Truth;indriya—of the senses;artha—their objects;ātma—the mind;vikāra—and of the transformations of the five gross elements;citram—as the variety.
Translation
Although thus not existing in reality, this manifestation of transformations created from the mode of passion appears real because the self-manifested, self-luminous Absolute Truth exhibits Himself in the form of the material variety of the senses, the sense objects, the mind and the elements of physical nature.
